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In Confidence
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House of Lords Debate on Dependent Territories
12 January, 1974
Hong Kong
Housing
1.
About 1.7 million people (40 per cent of the
total population) live in Government and Government-
aided housing. The Hong Kong Government are fully
aware, however, that there is much more to be done and
they have plans to house or re-house a further
528,000 people over the next six years.
Three
factors in particular have contributed to the difficul-
ties the Hong Kong authorities have had to contend
with in their efforts to overcome the Colony's housing
problem continued immigration over the years, a high
birthrate (which has, however, been falling over the
last decade), and movement out of overcrowded
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tenements into modern accommodation.
Education
2.
The Hong Kong Government have recently
the
announced that, in/generality of Government and aided
primary schools, the existing small primary school
fee will be entirely done away with early in 1971.
The Government are also considering the introduction of
legislation to deal with parents who appear to be
/unnecessarily